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COCHEO, RICHARD NEWELL
Name: Richard Newell Cocheo
Rank/Branch: U.S. Civilian
Unit: Pacific Architects and Engineers
Date of Birth: 23 May 1938
Home City of Record:
Date of Loss: 31 January 1968
Country of Loss: South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 101500N 1055800E (XS5060330)
Status (in 1973): Prisoner of War
Category: 1
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: Ground
Other Personnel in Incident: Cocheo's wife (killed)
REMARKS: TAKEN FROM HIS HOUSE - VINH LONG
SYNOPSIS: Richard Cocheo was an employee of Pacific Architects and Engineers
and lived about 60 miles southwest of Saigon in the city of Vinh Long. On
January 31, 1968, during the Tet Offensive, the Viet Cong attacked the
provincial capitol of Vinh Long Province. Cocheo's house was surrounded, and
during the ensuing firefight, Mrs. Cocheo was killed and Richard Cocheo was
captured and taken from his home.
In May 1968, Richard and several South Vietnamese civilians were seen as
captives being held in the village of Tan Giai, Vinh Long Province, where they
had been held since their capture. No further word has been received about
Richard Cocheo.
The Vietnamese deny any knowledge of Richard Cocheo, and they have not revealed
any details of his captivity. Although they have "discovered" the remains of
over 200 Americans missing in Vietnam, they have yet to "discover" any
information on Richard Cocheo.
Cocheo is one of nearly 2500 Americans who remained missing, prisoner or
unaccounted for from the war in Vietnam. He spent several months in captivity
with the nightmare of his wife's murder.
Since the war ended, nearly 10,000 reports relating to missing Americans has
been received by the U.S. Government. Many authorities believe that hundreds
are still alive in communist hands. If Cocheo is among them, he has spent over
20 years reliving the murder of his wife and enduring the growing realization
that he has been abandoned by his own country.